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- James de Alditheley was a great favourite of Richard, Earl of Cornwall,at whose coronation as king of Almaigne he assisted. This nobleman hadlivery of his lands in the 31st Henry III [1247], and was constituted intwo years afterwards constable of Newcastle-under-Lyne. Being one of thelords-marchers he was actively employed for some years against the Welshand was appointed governor of the castles of Salop and Bridgenorth andsheriff of the counties of Salop and Stafford. In the 47th of Henry III[1263] he was made justice of Ireland; and in the same year, upon themisunderstanding between the king and the barons regarding the provisionsof Oxford, being referred to arbitration of the monarch of France, he wasone of the noblemen who undertook for the king therein. The next year wefind him with Roger de Mortimer and the other barons-marchers givingbattle to Llewelyn, Prince of Wales, and afterwards joining the Earl ofGloucester at Evesham in rescuing the king, who had become captive to theEarl of Leicester at the battle of Lewes. In the 52nd of Henry III[1268], his lordship performed a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. James inGalicia, and the following year embarked in the Crusade. His death,occasioned by breaking his neck, occurred soon afterwards (1271). He hada dau. Joan, who m. John, son of Robert de Beauchamp, to whose child,prior to its birth, the said John then being deceased, his lordship wasappointed guardian. He had also five sons, the youngest of whom, Hugh, issupposed to have been the Hugh Alditheley who had summons to parliament15 May 1321, and whose son became Earl of Gloucester. His lordship was s.by his eldest son, James de Alditheley, who d. s. p. in 1272, and was s.by his brother, Henry, who d. without issue in 1275, and was s. by hisbrother, William, who d. without issue is 1275, was s. by his brother,Nicholas, who died in 1299. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant,Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England,1883, p. 15, Audley, Barons Audley, of Heleigh]
NOTE: John Burke, History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland,Vol. IV, R. Bentley, London, 1834, p. 757, Stansfeld, of Burley Park,names two additional sons, William, Lord of Blore and Grindon, co.Stafford, and Sir Adam, surnamed FitzWolfric.
1244 - HIS MARRIAGE TO ELA LONGESPEE BROUGHT HIM THE MANORS STRATTON,
AFTERWARDS CALLED STRATTON AUDLEY, AND WRETCHWICK, OXON
30 OCT 1250 - KEEPER OF THE CASTLE OF NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME
1258 - JOINED IN A LETTER OF THE BARONS TO THE POPE
1258 - WITNESSED, AS ONE OF THE KING'S SWORN COUNCIL, THE
CONFIRMATION BY
HENRY III OF THE PROVISIONS OF OXFORD
1261-1262 - LORD MARCHER, SHERIFF OF SALOP, AND COUNTY STAFFORD
1264 - TOOK AN ACTIVE PART ON THE KING'S SIDE AGAINST THE BARONS,
BEING IN ARMS
FOR THE KING ON THE WELSH MARCHES
1265 - ENGAGED IN THE EVERSHAM CAMPAIGN
1270-1271 - LORD MARCHER, SHERIFF OF SALOP, AND COUNTY STAFFORD
1270-1272 - JUSTICAR OF IRELAND
HE DIED OF A BROKEN NECK
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KEEPER OF THE CASTILE
JUSTICIAR OF IRELAND
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James de Alditheley was a great favourite of Richard, Earl of Cornwall,at whose coronation as king of Almaigne he assisted. This nobleman hadlivery of his lands in the 31st Henry III [1247], and was constituted intwo years afterwards constable of Newcastle-under-Lyne. Being one of thelords-marchers he was actively employed for some years against the Welshand was appointed governor of the castles of Salop and Bridgenorth andsheriff of the counties of Salop and Stafford. In the 47th of Henry III[1263] he was made justice of Ireland; and in the same year, upon themisunderstanding between the king and the barons regarding the provisionsof Oxford, being referred to arbitration of the monarch of France, he wasone of the noblemen who undertook for the king therein. The next year wefind him with Roger de Mortimer and the other barons-marchers givingbattle to Llewelyn, Prince of Wales, and afterwards joining the Earl ofGloucester at Evesham in rescuing the king, who had become captive to theEarl of Leicester at the battle of Lewes. In the 52nd of Henry III[1268], his lordship performed a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. James inGalicia, and the following year embarked in the Crusade. His death,occasioned by breaking his neck, occurred soon afterwards (1271). He hada dau. Joan, who m. John, son of Robert de Beauchamp, to whose child,prior to its birth, the said John then being deceased, his lordship wasappointed guardian. He had also five sons, the youngest of whom, Hugh, issupposed to have been the Hugh Alditheley who had summons to parliament15 May 1321, and whose son became Earl of Gloucester. His lordship was s.by his eldest son, James de Alditheley, who d. s. p. in 1272, and was s.by his brother, Henry, who d. without issue in 1275, and was s. by hisbrother, William, who d. without issue is 1275, was s. by his brother,Nicholas, who died in 1299. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant,Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England,1883, p. 15, Audley, Barons Audley, of Heleigh]
NOTE: John Burke, History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland,Vol. IV, R. Bentley, London, 1834, p. 757, Stansfeld, of Burley Park,names two additional sons, William, Lord of Blore and Grindon, co.Stafford, and Sir Adam, surnamed FitzWolfric.
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